THE ACTION

Submit a public comment opposing the Trump administration’s harmful rollbacks of fuel-efficiency standards using the talking points below. You can submit a comment on the Federal Register site or via a form on the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s website. The deadline is Oct. 23!

TALKING POINTS

Freezing the fuel-efficiency standards to 2020 levels will double the country’s oil consumption by 2025 and triple it by 2030, costing consumers an additional $193 billion to $236 billion cumulatively between now and 2035, depending on oil prices. (Source: Rhodium Group)

Trump’s proposal would more than double annual CO2 emissions by 2025, nearly triple them by 2030, and nearly quadruple them by 2035. (Source: Rhodium Group)

The proposed repeal of the Clean Air Act waiver violates states’ right to set regulatory limits that go further than federal regulations.

Even automakers are opposed to a freeze on fuel-efficiency standards. (Source: Reuters)

Learn more about the critical role fuel-efficiency standards play in reducing greenhouse emissions, boosting the economy, and job growth and how Trump’s rollback efforts began last year in our past Call to Action.

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